That's right. I've upgraded my rig to be ready for the next gen of AMD Chips. Yes, FX-1850 wasn't so killer against the i7 2600ks, but that's another topic. Right, my next move is to upgrade my GPUs or add another card for Tri-Fire. The million dollar question is, is my CorsairTX 750 Watt V2 strong enough to add to a 6870 Tri-Fire?

You can never go wrong with a 5850 Tri-Fire because even with a 5850 Crossfire, its faster or same FPS as a 5970. The upside is I can probably buy a used 5850 for around $150 and just flash it with a 5870 XFX XXX Black Edition like my two cards now.

Umm I had a Corsair TX750 blow up bearing a watercooled dual 4890 setup and a heavily overclocked CPU. So I'm going to go out on a limb here and say dude, upgrade your PSU you madman!

Granted I threw more at the PSU than it was designed to handle and it still held up for a decent amount of time but man, I wouldn't even begin to think about considering to do what you want with that PSU:

Umm I had a Corsair TX750 blow up bearing a watercooled dual 4890 setup and a heavily overclocked CPU. So I'm going to go out on a limb here and say dude, upgrade your PSU you madman!

Granted I threw more at the PSU than it was designed to handle and it still held up for a decent amount of time but man, I wouldn't even begin to think about considering to do what you want with that PSU:

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I just bought this PSU . I could go at least 6950 Crossfire and just flash it with a 6970, but its more expensive

Hopefully there will be a large enough performance increase in the HD7K series to justify the new cards or to add a third card to any Crossfire setup *crosses fingers* I want to be able to have cards that blow my current pair away completely :/

Hopefully there will be a large enough performance increase in the HD7K series to justify the new cards or to add a third card to any Crossfire setup *crosses fingers* I want to be able to have cards that blow my current pair away completely :/

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Yes. 7xxx series are coming early Q1 2012 and even rumored some more details or release in Dec 2011

Just taking a guess, but I'd imagine the 3rd slot is only X4 anyways. There wasn't much to be seen when I added my 3rd GTX470, I'm sure you are likely going to run into the same. Although it looks cool as hell for images and bragging rights, there was very little gains had.

Just taking a guess, but I'd imagine the 3rd slot is only X4 anyways. There wasn't much to be seen when I added my 3rd GTX470, I'm sure you are likely going to run into the same. Although it looks cool as hell for images and bragging rights, there was very little gains had.

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On top of that, with an AMD quad already bottlenecking a dual GPU system, I don't see any gains with a 3rd card. Plus, that PSU isn't going to cut it.

Your best upgrade move would be to grab a 2500/2600k, a decent p67/z68 board and go.

Tri-Fire 6870s are wicked sick, since the 6870 Crossfire is faster than a 6970 and even GTX 580. So, it's a bit pricey since the 6870x2 is around $500 a pop

not all 6870 can tri fire. Only one brand(cant remember which) has dual fingers for that. Xfired 6870s are fun Originally paid about $240 for my first one got the 2nd for $185 and prices are still falling...If mine could , would trifire just because would have to upgrade my psu(antec true power 750 blu- modded with red leds) too

Tri-Fire 6870s are wicked sick, since the 6870 Crossfire is faster than a 6970 and even GTX 580. So, it's a bit pricey since the 6870x2 is around $500 a pop

not all 6870 can tri fire. Only one brand(cant remember which) has dual fingers for that. Xfired 6870s are fun Originally paid about $240 for my first one got the 2nd for $185 and prices are still falling...If mine could , would trifire just because would have to upgrade my psu(antec true power 750 blu- modded with red leds) too

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Tri-fire 6870s? What now?

Other than the Power Cooler 6870x2 + 1x 6870? If that's what you're referring to. Because 3 single 6870s can't tri-fire.

Tri-Fire 6870s are wicked sick, since the 6870 Crossfire is faster than a 6970 and even GTX 580. So, it's a bit pricey since the 6870x2 is around $500 a pop

not all 6870 can tri fire. Only one brand(cant remember which) has dual fingers for that. Xfired 6870s are fun Originally paid about $240 for my first one got the 2nd for $185 and prices are still falling...If mine could , would trifire just because would have to upgrade my psu(antec true power 750 blu- modded with red leds) too